Accessibility & Usability Information
This site has several features that enable greater accessibility for all users no matter what browser or device you're using to browse our site. This page contains details of the technology we've used to make using our site a breeze!
xHTML & CSS
This site is built entirely in standards compliant xHTML and CSS to separate content from style. This way the content can always be read even if the device you're using (e.g. screen readers, text-to-braille devices) doesn't support the style.
Standards compliance
All pages on the site, unless otherwise stated, are W3C approved, complying with all priority 1, 2, and 3 guidelines of the W3 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. All pages on the site, unless otherwise stated, are validated as HTML 5.
Links
Wherever possible, links are written to make sense out of context. Many browsers (such as JAWS, Home Page Reader, Lynx, and Opera) can extract the list of links on a page and allow the user to browse the list, separately from the page. Link text is never duplicated; two links with the same link text always point to the same address. There are no links that open new windows without warning.
Images
This website utilises two distinct image types; Content images used include descriptive ALT attributes. Decorative images include short ALT attributes.
Accessibility software
JAWS, a screen reader for Windows. A time-limited, downloadable demo is available.
Lynx, a free text-only web browser for blind users with refreshable Braille displays.
Links, a free text-only web browser for visual users with low bandwidth.
Opera , a visual browser with many accessibility-related features, including text zooming, user stylesheets, image toggle. A free downloadable version is available. Compatible with Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and several other operating systems.
Accessibility services
W3C HTML Validator, a free service for checking that web pages conform to published HTML standards.
Lynx Viewer, a free service for viewing what your web pages would look like in Lynx.
